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May 2018 LEGO® Challenge – Under the Sea Challenge

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The May 2018 LEGO® Challenge is here! If you want to find out more about how these challenges work, you can read more about it on the LEGO® Challenge page.

You can download the printable sheet for this month and use it to record your build. When you’re done, put it in your school portfolio, in your LEGO idea book, on the fridge, or wherever you want people to see it.

It’s May, the weather is turning nice, and it’s time to look toward summer. For a lot of people that means going to the beach! Now for some of you, the beach may be next to a lake, but for others, it’s next to the ocean and that’s the focus of this month’s challenge. For this month’s challenge, build something related to the ocean.

This will look different for everyone. There are so many amazing things to love about the sea. You may want to build:

A whale

A shark

A pod of dolphins

A coral reef community

A trench at the bottom of the ocean

The ocean floor

Speaking of the bottom of the ocean, did you know that the ocean is way deeper than we thought? No, really!

While you’re pondering your build, here are some interesting facts about the ocean, its features, and the creatures that live there.

Humans have only explored 5% of the ocean. We don’t actually know how deep the deepest point is; we only know the deepest we’ve discovered so far.

About 72% of the Earth’s surface is covered by ocean. These oceans are home to 230,000 known species. Considering that’s only what we’ve found in 5% of the oceans that we’ve explored, it’s probably there are a lot more species we don’t yet know about.

Jellyfish have been around for more than 650 million years, which means that they out date both dinosaurs and sharks.

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Hi! My name is Roni Bergerson! I'm the real-live person behind Outside the Brick. This site was born in 2013 out of a love of LEGO® bricks and elements. The possibilities they offer is endless and they also hold tremendous educational potential, too. That's what this site is all about! I love sharing my love of all things LEGO® with kids of all ages and helping them learn about all kinds of things along the way. Grab your LEGO® maniacs and come along with me on this adventure!